#Video Game Conventions

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Hey, what are you doing January 18-20? Other than celebrating my and Panda's birthday, of course. We'll be 32. Twinsies!
So, what are you doing apart from that? If y...

Today we're achieving what no other video game news show on the internet has achieved: the first show to ever prop up the news on stilts to combat the fear of stilts in its host! Which today, includes the following: Red Dead Redemption 2 ...

That's right! Two men (and maybe a Sex T-Rex)! One stage! Only one survivor! As well as today's video game news you need in all the right places: KFC Gaming is just another sign we're in the worst timeline!
The Quiet Man still looks compl...

This past weekend, I went up to New York City to attend Flame Con, an event that bills itself as the world's largest queer comic con. Artists, writers, and creators were in attendance, the weekend-long event taking place in the Sheraton New...

At RTX 2018 last weekend, I got a chance to catch up with Rooster Teeth Games’ own David Eddings. Having previously worked for Gathering of Developers and Gearbox, Eddings is now the head of game publishing for the budding company and...

Horror games, for me, rarely stimulate any part of my being. Maybe I’m too used to the jump-scare tactics developers pull or perhaps my guard is raised too high, but it is rare for me to get shocked by a “scary” game. E...

Microsoft had a stellar E3 presentation this year, but there wasn’t too much to keep me interested. I’m not really into most of the Xbox-exclusive franchises and the vague promise of “things to come” didn’t hol...

Niantic have announced that the Pokemon GO Fest will be making its second appearance in Chicago this Summer. Players can gather in The Windy City (that's Chicago, right?) to make friends, enjoy the sun and, of course, catch 'em all.It is...

During my time at PAX East, I was invited to Oculus Game Days to take a look at Twisted Pixel's new spy action VR game, Defector.
It's been about a week since PAX came and went and I can finally tell you all about the little bit of their Bo...

Sega have tweeted out a reminder that they have a "special announcement" coming this weekend, live from their Fes event, which begins April 14 in Akihabra, Tokyo.The Sega Fes 2018 event itself will feature a celebration of their long histor...

In between my meetings at PAX East I spent my spare time walking the floor looking for any games that might otherwise go unnoticed. After finishing up my meeting with the developers of Black Future '88, I ended up checking out another game ...

One of my last stops at PAX East 2018 was to check out Steel Rats. The project from Tate Multimedia is being handled by a small team of no more than thirty Polish developers.
The game puts you in control of the Steel Rats biker gang m...

Juggler Games' My Memory of Us was demoing at PAX East this past weekend, so I dropped by to take a look at the classic-style adventure game.
My Memory of Us is set in a fairy-tale version of Warsaw Poland during World War II. Naturally, it...

Competitive shooters seem to be going one of two ways these days. You have your class-based shooter like Overwatch or the oh-so-popular battle royale games like PUBG and Fortnite. Chainsawesome Games is going for something different with it...

Guacamelee 2, the sequel to Drinkbox Studio's Luchador Metroidvania adventure, was announced last October during the PlayStation showcase at Paris Games Week. Ever since then, I've been dying to get my hands on it.
Thankfully, I g...

City of Brass is first person hack-and-slash rouge-lite from former Bioshock developers at Uppercut Games. The Arabian Nights-themed adventure has been in Early Access on PC since back in September, but the title will be launching...

This weekend, at PAX East 2018, I swung by Devolver Digital's booth to check out The Swords of Ditto, a Zelda inspired adventure with a roguelike twist.
Journey to the island of Ditto alone, or with a partner in co-op play. The ...

At PAX East this year I got the chance to sit down with the developers of The Messenger, Sabotage Studio's new game that follows a young ninja on a simple mission: deliver a mysterious scroll with the hopes of saving his clan from some...

After years of pining for a "Destructoid Convention" in the comments of many a cblog, we finally have the opportunity to help host EGLX in Toronto with Enthusiast Gaming. Papa Niero, our founder is here, as well as myself, Jordan, Brett, We...

Tokyo will see a celebration of all things Sega next month, with the announcement of the Sega Festival 2018, which takes place at Bellesalle Akihabara on April 14-15.The event will feature Sega games old and new, including museum displays l...

It's been about two-and-a-half years since the original E3 announcement that fans would finally see a third game in cult adventure series, Shenmue. With Shenmue III scheduled to hit later this year, Studio Ys Net is ready to brief fans a li...

It's a full-on Blizzard weekend as the annual BlizzCon returns to Anaheim, California.
The festivities kick off this morning, at 11:00am Pacific, with the opening ceremony. This opening ceremony. Stay a while and watch with us! Expect to h...

Here's an under-appreciated fact about the video game marketing cycle: PlayStation usually holds four press conferences during any given calendar year. E3, Tokyo Game Show, Paris Games Week, and PlayStation Experience all have proper presse...

When I was growing up, to openly love video games was to be a nonconformist. There was no getting around that, and in a small cliquey town where social status determined much of your experience in life, being a nonconformist meant being avo...

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Ive decided, in an effort to try to get more games off my backlog, to try and beat at least one game for every console I own by the end of the I already got the Switch and DS out of the way with Gris and Trace So 2 down 20 more to